{"id":28950,"date":"2019-04-16T17:08:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T16:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=28950"},"modified":"2019-04-16T17:10:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T16:10:39","slug":"dna-identified-armed-robber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/16\/dna-identified-armed-robber\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA Identified Armed Robber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 14.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #37474f;\">An armed robber jumped over a counter at Wolverhampton Road Post Office in Walsall and loaded up hundreds of pounds worth of cigarettes into a bag on 21 November last year has been jailed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 14.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #37474f;\">Asif Jhangeer, 39, was tackled by a woman who entered the store after hearing the commotion, he left the knife on the counter and as they tussled she was able to remove a glove he was wearing and police were able to Identify him from the DNA. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 14.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #37474f;\">Jhangeer, of Cameron Road, Walsall, pleaded guilty to the armed robbery and was jailed for three years and four months at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday 10 April. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 14.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #37474f;\">DC Andy Atkinson, from Force CID at Bloxwich, said: &#8220;This was a terrifying experience for the shop worker who was threatened with the knife.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 14.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #37474f;\">&#8220;But thanks to the brave actions of the member of the public who confronted Jhangeer we were able to secure vital DNA evidence. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #37474f;\">\u00a0<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/>&#8220;This left Jhangeer with little choice but to plead guilty and put him behind bars.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An armed robber jumped over a counter at Wolverhampton Road Post Office in Walsall and loaded up hundreds of pounds worth of cigarettes into a bag on 21 November last year has been jailed. 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